7B.2

• 7B.2 ONS 2013


  ONS 2013

  • women dominate employment with the caring and leisure occupations
  • men make up the majority of workers in the top 10% of earners for all employees - gap is lower for under 30
• 7B.2 inequalities in the labour market


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  • in the private sector the gender pay gap is 24.8% vs 17.1% in the public sector
  • 20.4% of directors on FTSE are women and 11.1% of UK bank CEOs are women - Fawcett Society 2013
  • up to 30,000 women a year are fired for being pregnant
• 7B.2 inequalities in income and wealth


  Oxfam

  • 22% of women jnvs 14% of men have a persistent low income

  Low pay commisions

  • approximately 70% of people in national minimum wage jobs are women
• 7B.2 inequalities in poverty


  Prudential 2011

  • 1 in 4 women will be living below the poverty live when they retire vs 12% of men

  Women's budget group

  • mothers frequently go without food, clothing and warmth in order to protect children
• 7B.2 inequality in social mobility


  Savage 2011

  • men were 40% more likely to climb the career ladder than women

  General household survey

  • 39% of Bangladeshi women and 35% of Bangladeshi men work part time - double the levels of two decades ago
  • 54% of self employed Pakistani men work in the transport industry vs 8% of the rest of the population
• 7B.2 male education inequality


  ONS

  • girls in the uk gain more A*-C grade GCSEs compared to boys
  • white working class boys are the most underachieving group in education
• 7B.2 male health inequality


  ONS

  • on average men develop heart disease 10 years earlier than women
  • men are more likely to have a drug and alcohol problem than women
• 7B.2 male work inequalities


  ONS

  • more than 95% of 200 people killed in the workplace a year are men
  • men work on average 39 hrs/wk vs 34 hrs/wk for women

  Benatar 2012

  • least desirable and most dangerous jobs and those with the least pay and security are occupied largely by men
• 7B.2 male family life inequalities


  Warin et al

  • the majority of fathers mothers and teenage children believed that the father should be the main earner

  Equal opportunities Commission 2007

  • many employees still see flexible working or family friendly working policies as something for women
  • UK father's work the longest hours in Europe
  • 49.6 hrs/wk vs 41.5 (germany) and 35.5 (france)